Osmaniye and Kahmaranmaras, Turkey – When Halil Ibrahim Çalışkan looks at his ruined supermarket on the ground floor of an earthquake-shattered building, he does not…
Osmaniye, Turkey – Rescuers are still pulling people alive from the rubble nine days after earthquakes struck Turkey even though many of the operations across…
Ten IOM trucks carrying humanitarian assistance passed from Turkey to northwestern Syria through the Bab al-Salam crossing, UN spokesman says. An aid convoy has passed…
Hours after two huge earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on February 6, some much-needed rescuers began to arrive in…
Residents of Osmaniye say they need food, heaters and proper housing arrangements to take care of their children. Osmaniye, Turkey – Eight days after catastrophic…
Rescuers saved a 13-year-old boy from under a collapsed building a week after Turkey’s deadliest modern-day earthquake killed tens of thousands of people as the…
Turkey’s megacity Istanbul should start preparing now for a powerful earthquake that can strike anytime and mobilise all available resources to save lives and lesson…
Antakya, Turkey – “Canlı! Canlı!” has been the most hopeful cry heard in the streets of Antakya since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake sent waves of…
Jadaris, Syria – In Jandaris, in northwest Syria’s Aleppo province, residents scrambled to find and pick up remnants of their lives from between mounds of…
People buried under rubble for up to seven days are still being pulled out alive. Even as United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths signals that…
On February 6, yet another catastrophe hit northwest Syria. The series of earthquakes with an epicentre in southern Turkey devastated the region, home to four…
Salam al-Mahmoud is a 24-year-old volunteer with the Syria Civil Defence team, also known as the White Helmets. She has been involved in search and…
Day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute, the death toll in tattered and bleeding Turkey and Syria surges. By the time this piece…
In the midst of debris dust and toxic smoke rising from fires lit to stay warm, the smell of dead bodies is growing. Kahramanmaras, Turkey…
Blood donation campaign in Gaza aims to help those in Turkey and Syria after powerful earthquakes. Gaza City – People in Gaza are donating blood…
The earthquakes have left residents of Iskenderun with no water or functioning sewage system, with electricity available in only half the city. Iskenderun, Turkey –…
The European Union's envoy to Syria has said it was not fair to accuse the group of failing to provide enough help to Syrians following the earthquake…
The sound of hurrying hands and heavy equipment working to find signs of life continues more than six days since two major earthquakes struck the…
INCREDIBLE stories of survival emerged yesterday as newborn babies were among those hauled alive from the earthquake ruins in Turkey and Syria. Bewildered children with…
Thousands have offered to adopt a newborn girl whose mother gave birth under the rubble of a five-story collapsed apartment building in Syria following Monday's…